Bass Fishing

Bassin’ like Christmas in July now

July is a great month to fish for bass across North Carolina.

It’s one of my favorites, because bass will get out on those good offshore places where I can be most effective with the deep-diving crankbaits I like to fish. […]

Bass Fishing

Mid-Summer’s Dream

Jimmy Campbell moved slowly away from Wittenberg Landing near the mid-point of Lake Hickory. Weather reports predicted a hot summer day, one in a string of such days. […]

Bass Fishing

Get Crankin’ at Kerr

If anyone knows more about catching bass at John H. Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island) Lake than David Fritts of Lexington or Joel Richardson of Kernersville, they’re doing a good job of keeping it a secret. […]

Bass Fishing

All cranked up about June

It is no secret to anyone who is familiar with my name or reputation that I love to fish crankbaits. Most of the money I’ve won as a pro bass fisherman has been with a diving bait tied onto the business end of a fishing rod. […]

Bass Fishing

Wrapped Too Tight?

No one knows who first described B. Everett Jordan’s largemouth bass as “swimming footballs,” but the depiction is an accurate one given the short, stocky nature of the fish that meander throughout the lake’s underwater gridiron. […]

Bass Fishing

Topwater Mark

To say Lake Wylie has undergone a tremendous transformation during the past half-dozen years isn’t to take away from the transformation it underwent about 80 years ago. […]

Bass Fishing

Early June bass get cranked up

I am asked a lot of questions almost daily when I’m practicing for a tournament or fishing a tournament with a co-angler, and inevitably, this question comes up:

“What is your favorite type of fishing?” […]